PT-2017-1362 · Apple · Watchos+2

Maksymilian Arciemowicz · Published 2017-02-20 · Updated 2019-03-13 · CVE-2016-7626

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 10.2 tvOS versions prior to 10.1 watchOS versions prior to 3.1.1

Description The issue involves the Profiles component and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and application crash, via a crafted certificate profile. This is caused by a buffer overflow in memory, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to achieve the aforementioned outcomes.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 10.2, update to version 10.2 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 10.1, update to version 10.1 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 3.1.1, update to version 3.1.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00494

CVE-2016-7626

Affected Products

Ios

Tvos

Watchos

References · 10

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40906 · Exploit
• https://support.apple.com/HT207425 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00494 · Security Note
• https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Dec/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207487 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7626 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7626 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94852 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037429 · Note